Reader grateful for Obamacare

Please reference the story in the Eagle-Gazette on Jan. 19 about Sean and Stephanie Recchi regarding their experience with Obamacare. Sean had a preexisting condition which made them love Obamacare, but not Obama himself because he got cancer and owed $83,940. If he had a policy with Obamacare, it would have cost $400 a month and would have paid most of it, according to Fairfield Medical Center (our local hospital).

Also, in 1985 they shut down Anchor Hocking Plant 2 and my wife refused to go to Plant 1 because of threats of violence from other employees. She had 28 years of experience with Plant 2 and only carried one year seniority.

The point I am trying to make is that if we had Obamacare back then, my family would not have had to go through such hardships. I am definitely grateful for Obamacare. The Reagan equivalent, which was the Cobra plan, surprisingly supported by Republicans, cost between $500 and $700 a month. It was no surprise that national debt was tripled and our economy became a military industrial complex by running our national debt from approximately $864 billion to approximately $3.2 trillion and fabricating reasons to go to war to justify the military spending.

Also, Reagan made disparaging remarks to Carter like, "There you go again." But where was Carter going? He put a force in the desert about 200 miles from the capital of Tehran, then leaked the information to Russia. Russia told Iran, but by that time they aborted the mission. But Carter got his message across because the hostages were released almost immediately.

Reagan also said, "Tear that wall down, Mr. Gorbachev." But Gorbachev already had plans to tear it down because of the expense of keeping the Iron Curtain countries. Reagan had nothing to do with it.

Reagan was responsible for this arms for Iran against Iraq, but never admitted it. In fact, he blamed Lt. Col. Oliver North. North was acquitted. The money was funneled through the Contras in Nicaragua without Congress knowing it. Reagan was never brought to task for it.

James F. Gobel

Lancaster

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Reader grateful for Obamacare

Please reference the story in the Eagle-Gazette on Jan. 19 about Sean and Stephanie Recchi regarding their experience with Obamacare.